PRODUCTION PLANNING MANAGER

Description

An industrial company manufacturing construction materials, urban furniture, and urban planning studies, located in Cardedeu, is seeking to hire a Production Planning Manager, reporting to the Production Director. Mission and Responsibilities: • Supervise and coordinate, together with the Planning Manager, the various operations carried out in manufacturing. • Define and maintain appropriate stock levels aligned with demand by product type. • Develop production plans jointly with the Production Director and issue production orders. • Archive production records. • Prepare and review production purchase orders. • Collaborate with suppliers demonstrating environmental responsibility. • Ensure procurement and use of the most sustainable products possible. • Monitor material deliveries. • Size warehouses for both finished goods and raw materials. • Ensure system reliability regarding raw material and finished goods inventory levels. • Manage procurement of raw materials. • Introduce necessary system improvements to ensure reliability. • Carry out planning based on outstanding orders and production specifications. • Prepare weekly machine-level production schedules jointly with the Production Director. • Monitor adherence to the production schedule. • Define delivery deadlines to customers for both catalog and non-catalog products. • Coordinate transport loads with Logistics according to orders. • Coordinate packaging of non-catalog or new products with Logistics. • Manage inventory execution. • Print as little as possible and implement sound administrative waste management, ensuring compliance at lower levels. Objective: • Plan work blueprints for the production process (weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly), coordinating and assigning these work plans to the respective responsible person and to section supervisors on the shop floor, to guarantee that sales orders are delivered to customers within the committed timeframe, with the required quality and quantity. Ensure system reliability regarding raw material and finished goods inventory levels. * 2 years’ experience. Experience in production planning. * Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management / Business Sciences. * Diploma or Technical Engineering degree in Industrial Engineering. * Catalan (Intermediate spoken, Intermediate written). * Spanish (Advanced spoken, Advanced written). * Competencies / Knowledge: \- Academic background: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management / Engineer. \- Personal attributes: Analytical mindset, ability to work in teams, strong communication skills, organizational and planning abilities. Problem-solving capability and proactivity. \- Languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English (desirable). Skills: • Familiarity with the company and its corporate image, with an industrial and commercial culture. • Leadership capability. • Inventory management. • Analytical and problem-solving capability. • Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. • Team management and coordination. • Product knowledge. • Organizational and planning capability. • Stock management. • Ability to work under pressure. • Time management. * Availability of personal vehicle. * Driving license: B. * Permanent employment contract. * Full-time position. * Gross monthly salary from '2500' to '2900'. * Additional relevant information: Compensation and working hours: • 30\.000\-35\.000€/gross per year. • Full-time schedule: Monday to Thursday, 08:00–13:00 and 14:00–17:30; Friday, 08:00–14:00.